| Locomotive 1. (a.) Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal. 2. (a.) Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal. 3. (n.) A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. Thesaurus Entries aeromechanical, ambulant, ambulative, ambulatory, automechanical, automobile, automotive, biomechanical, circuit-riding, expeditionary, globe-girdling, globe-trotting, going, horseless, itinerant, itinerary, journeying, locomotor, mechanical, mechanistic, moving, mundivagant, on tour, passing, pedestrian, perambulating, perambulatory, peregrinative, peregrine, peripatetic, pilgrimlike, progressing, self-drive, self-moved, self-moving, self-propelled, strolling, touring, touristic, touristy, transportational, traveling, trekking, vehicular, walking, wayfaring, zoomechanical |